This week on “New Mexico in Focus” co-host David Alire Garcia will sit down with Federal Communications Commission District Supervisor Keyla Hernandez Ulloa and Andrea I. Quijada, executive director for the New Mexico Media Literacy Project to talk about the eventual transition to DTV. “New Mexico in Focus,” KNME-TV, channel 5’s weekly one-hour news show, will air on Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. and will repeat on Sunday, Feb. 1 at 6:30 a.m.
Throughout this week, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. have been considering whether they should delay the official deadline for the transition to digital television from Feb. 17, 2009 to June 12, 2009.
Additionally, on New Mexico In Focus this week, the idea of Albuquerque’s west side splitting away from APS has once again been brought up. Alire Garcia will also sit down with APS board members Marty Esquivel and Robert Lucero, and Dan Serrano, the president of the Westside Coalition of Neighborhood Associations to talk about this latest effort.
Then co-host Gene Grant and the panelists for “The Line” will give their opinions on these topics, in addition to discussing the hot topic of webcasting the New Mexico Legislature, a proposed tax hike on cigarettes, and the President’s push for greener cars. Grant is joined this week by regular panelist Jim Scarantino and guest panelists Barb Armijo, a reporter for the New Mexico Independent, attorney Marco Gonzales, and 94 Rock host TJ Trout.
Producers of ‘New Mexico In Focus’ are Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer. Closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@knme.org